About the GABC

The German American Business Council is a non-profit organization, dedicated to assisting German and American companies. Based in Washington DC, the GABC serves its corporate and individual members not only in the greater Washington area but also in other US states and Germany. The organization currently has over 50 members many of whom hold senior positions in their respective companies.

GABC was originally founded 10 years ago by Leo Welt, as the German-American Business Councel. His great personality and unwavering support for German-American business relations made GABC a Washington institution. When Leo Welt passed away in 2004, its members decided to regroup and elect a new leadership board and merged with members of the former German American Business Association (GABA).

"We have a longstanding relationship with the German American Business Council. Under the leadership of President Steve Williams and Executive Director Ulrich Gamerdinger, the Council will go a long way to strengthening the German-American business relationship."

—Thomas Donohue, U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO

Supported by the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Washington and the German-American business community, GABC is going to be one of the prime organizations where members from both countries can meet, exchange their views and get together with key business and political leaders from both sides of the Atlantic.

It is not only GABC’s goal to help its members to succeed economically in their particular fields by trying to collect and exchange expertise in all areas of bi-lateral trade and business, but its members are also enjoying a great variety of program events addressing economical and political issues as well as opportunities to get together socially.

GABC’s continuous growth and expansion has already made it one of the most influential German-American institutions in the greater Washington area.

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